Final 4-Stroke Racing Series Event of The Season At Pacific Raceways

Posted on April 26, 2015 by admin

26 Apr 2015 Kent, WA – Racing through the winter offers many a weather influenced preparations. No ice or snow as the track has it removed with their blowers, but it is still wet. Put the rain tires on and have at it with more grip then the dry track slicks. Going through these weather related conditions puts everyone on the same playing field and it comes down to your driving skills.

No need for the rain tires this day for the final race of the season. Mostly sunny skies put a little heat into the track surface had many a team changing their tires to better grip the track. Squealing tires could be heard throughout the rounds indicating the drivers were pushing there karts to the limits of their driving skills.

The drivers who pushed to the top of the podium today in 206 Light was Craig Collins, in the 206 Heavy class Ricky Arnold and in the World Formula class Doug Huggler claimed the top spot. For the season long race to the top these are the class winners: Kevin Janders in the 206 Light class claimed the top spot. In the 206 Heavy class Doug Huggler out pointed second place by a bunch. In a similar point differential Ken Porter claimed the World Formula title.

Congratulations to all the winners and participators in the series.

Winner Pictures and more are available for purchase – click here to go to the photo album.

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Pro & ProAm Rental Kart Racing Series – April 25th, 2015

Posted on April 25, 2015 by admin

25 Apr 2015 Kent, WA – For the final time this winter/spring rental kart series is on the track at PGP. All drivers were racing for the podium for today’s race and the podium for the series, some have the chance to fill both hands with hardware.

It’s all about the points, if you attend every race and do well scoring in the top five you are in the hunt to on top in the end. Dedication is at the top of the list when it comes to winning in any sport, and it showed in the winners in these series. Coming through to gain a spot on the podium are:

Pro-Am
1st – Aaron Penn
2nd – Garrett Foss
3rd – Kyle Gaston

Pro
1st – Jim Lilleberg
2nd – Tamer Ozkaraoglu
3rd – Cem Aykan

Overall winner in the Pro/Am class is Garret Foss and in the Pro class Cem Aykan took home the hardware.

Images are now available – click here to go to the photo album.

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ProFormance Racing School – April 24th, 2015

Posted on April 24, 2015 by admin

24 Apr 2015 Kent, WA – Teaching drivers to navigate around the 2.25 mile track at Pacific Raceways can change mid-session. We started with a sunny and chilly but dry track surface. Everything was going to the plan laid out by Don Kitch with his staff of instructors, and then mother- nature throws down a pouring of rain that soaked everything.

After a slight change in the plan and a switch to the wet track mode and carry on as if the weather had no bearing on the final outcome. Dealing with the forces of nature no matter wet or dry at speed on twists and turns is best learned from qualified people. You may think you know how to drive your car until you are behind the wheel with an instructor sitting right next to you with their voice in your ear.

Images of all the cars from several spots on the track are now available – click here to go to the photo album.

Check out the ProFormance web site for a date that will work for you to join in.

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Optima Batteries ChumpCar World Series At Pacific Raceways

Posted on April 19, 2015 by admin

19 Apr 2015 Kent, WA – Coming again to Pacific’s legendary 2.25 mile track the Optima Batteries ChumpCar series brought quite a mix of race prepared cars and a theme for the teams. Two separate 7 hour non-stop racing days tested the race drivers and their equipment.

As many as four drivers split the driving duties just as in most all endurance racing it is a “team” event. There are not many pristine looking cars here as some bumping and contact happens as it is racing in close proximity with each other, though stressed at the driver’s meeting that if it does happen and is seen by the corner worker’s you “will” be black flagged to the paddock for an explanation.

Nothing wrong with being an aggressive driver, just don’t do it at the expense of your competitor. Just because your car looks like a “beater” is not a reason to treat it that way. The cars are fully prepared on the inside with a slew of safety equipment starting with a “cage”.

Driver safety is as important here as in all forms of racing. The ingenuity of these teams to put together a car that will last for seven hours of “hard” driving is quite impressive as the “rules” restrict what you can use.

Setup in two ablums – one for each day are over 1100 images of all the action from a number of vantage points – click here to go to the albums –

Nearly 50 entries starting this event on Saturday though the law of averages say that all will not finish the full two day event due to a multitude of malfunctions, thus the ingenuity factor of how to eliminate as many as possible ways to lose. The top five for each day are as follows:

Saturday:
1st- SMRT Racing
2nd- Eh! Team
3rd- JAT
4th- Osprey MotorSports 2
5th- Killer Whale

Sunday:
1st- scrap attack
2nd- FRASUN 1
3rd- Shift #71
4th- Team Titleist
5th- Killer Whale

For more info go to www.chumpcar.com

Open Lapping Day At Pacific Raceways

Posted on April 17, 2015 by admin

17 Apr 2015 Kent, WA – Open lapping days do not come along too many times per season at Pacific Raceways and when they do many classes of racers/drivers come out and take advantage of the opportunity. From full-fledged race teams to the daily driver and a bunch of everything in-between can be seen squealing tires around the track.

Seat time in a controlled manner is hard to obtain without a track to do so on, the street is “NOT” the place to learn this type of driving. Stay tuned to Pacific’s web site for another one of these dates.

Images of all sorts of cars from stock to purpose built race cars are now available – click here to go to the album.

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ProFormance Racing School – April 16th, 2015

Posted on April 16, 2015 by admin

16 Apr 2015 Kent, WA – People who follow the endurance racing events through-out their racing season know the winners. Who doesn’t want to be schooled by a winner?

Come out and learn from the 12 hours of Sebring class winner Team Seattle and Don Kitch with his staff of instructors at the ProFormance Racing School here at Pacific Raceways. They will school you through the proper way to drive your ride around Pacific’s 2.25 mile road course which you can then translate to driving at other tracks if that is your long term plans. Check the ProFormance web site for information on upcoming dates.

Over 500 images from the session today – click here to go to the album. Thanks for your support!

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2015 Honda Fest At Pacific Raceways

Posted on April 12, 2015 by admin

12 Apr 2015 Kent, WA – It is all hands on deck as the HondaFest brought thousands of people to the Pacific Raceways property. Everyone on the payroll for Pacific was called in to handle the massive influx of people and their cars, some for show, some for the drags and those in their cars and a bike to take advantage of the lead/follow provided by ProFormance Racing School around the 2.25 mile road course.

Also on hand was BigFoods to help feed all these people – offering their choices of fine food and drink. Bringing all this together the folks at NWMotiv put together a great show, we cannot wait till next year as improving on a great show will take some thinking. See you then.

Over 900 images capture all the action – the show, the road course, drag racing etc. Click here to follow to the album; we thank you for all your support of seeitimagery.com.

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Easter Bunny Nationals At Bremerton Raceway

Posted on April 5, 2015 by admin

05 Apr 2015 Bremerton, WA – Easter morning at Bremerton Raceway greeted everyone with bright sunshine and a chilly wind forcing everyone to put an extra layer of clothing on. After a noon lunch break the extra clothing was shed off and the weather turned things into a great day for racing.

This weekend racers and fans got a chance for a first look at the rearranged buildings at the track. All this started at the end of last season as developers are changing the landscape of the area around the track.

With a full schedule laid out for the season with what is known of the developer’s plans is quite an accomplishment with what was not known just a few short months ago.

Ending on top at the end of the race day were in Junior Thunder it was a Burkevics family final with Bobby over Charlie. In Jr. Lightning Yeshua Wilcox prevailed over Joshua Schmanke. A better light and closer to the dial got the win for Stacy Hesch over Jim Funderburg in the MC class. High School Had Jordin Howell winning over the Mustang of Thomas Neal III. Steve Adams and Brian Thompson paired off in the Sportsman class with Steve coming out on top. In the Pro class drivers Rob Lindley and Mike Hubbell squared off with Rob taking the win. The Super Pro saw a pair of heavyweights with Al Chinn and Norm Breadt going for the win. Division champ Norm tried though he could not stop Al from a doubling up on the weekend of racing at Bremerton Raceway.

Images are now available – click here to go to the album.

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Test & Tune At Pacific Raceways

Posted on April 4, 2015 by admin

04 Apr 2015 Kent, WA – Just when you think you are ready to go, you have to wait. Thus was the start of the test and tune. Track was all prepped, racers in the lanes, then Mother Nature started sprinkling! Start over getting the track ready as the rain subsided is nothing new to the dragstrip crew as this is the northwest after all. Once the sun came out and aided with the moisture removal the only water the rest of the test and tune was in the water box.

This gave those who watch their smart phones and the weather app the knowledge that the track was open and running thus bringing out a number of testers for the afternoon for chances at the track. You never know what the weather will be on any given day but if there is a chance to drive down the dragstrip; Pacific’s crew will have it safe and ready. Check the web site for the next date for testing.

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ProFormance Racing School – April 3rd, 2015

Posted on April 3, 2015 by admin

03 April 2015 Kent, WA – Did you recently get a new car or put some aftermarket parts on it for more get-up and go? You need to check out and go through the ProFormance Racing School program. One on one instruction guiding you through how to get the best out of your car by improving your driving habits and most of all keeping control of your car.

Classroom instruction takes you through the steps necessary so at the end of the day you are driving around Pacific’s 2.25 mile legendary track. Check out Pacific Raceways web site for contact info for your opportunity to become a better driver in less than a day.

Images are now available from a number of different vantage points on Pacific Raceway’s legendary 2.25 mile road course. Click here to go to the photo album.

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